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...Comments from student leaders, however, revealed a divide in opinion between those groups that regularly host events on-campus and those who host events at off-campus locales traditionally exempt from the University’s long arm. Harvard’s final clubs, as well as student organizations that own property or regularly host parties off-campus, were reluctant to comment on the matter, citing ongoing talks with the administration. One final club president, who, like others quoted in this article, was granted anonymity to preserve relations with College administrators, says that “Harvard is trying...
...Still reeling from the event, many students have made the argument that the administration’s new policies will force drinking further underground. Petersen believes that ending the fund “forces undergraduates who want to drink to attend off-campus events in unsafe environments with unfamiliar people outside of the safety and care provided by our Houses.” Taken together with new policies for student groups, Petersen also claims that “both shift the social life on campus into hands of the privileged...
...College is attempting to reduce its own liability by decreasing its oversight of student parties,” reasons UC Secretary Kyle A. Krahel ’08, “and with no oversight there will be an increased risk at these off-campus venues. To give you an example, when was the last time a final club party was broken up by the Cambridge police for underage drinking...
...therefore at risk, considering student group presidents are now being asked to conduct independent investigations of other students on behalf of the Ad Board in order to avoid being personally held responsible. An yet the administration hesitates to acknowledge that students may now be encouraged to go to off-campus locations or drink in more dangerous environments as a result. Unfortunately, we seem to have forgotten that we can collaboratively protect the community and socialize in a legal and safe...
...founding of Radcliffe College in the late nineteenth century greatly increased the opportunities for fun on campus but greatly decreased the amount of fun on campus, due to what College physicians described as “awkward-ass Harvard kids.” Soon, Harvard attracted only nerds and geeks, while all the cool kids waited for state schools to be founded so they subsequently could attend those. Various factors contributed to the decline of fun in the twentieth century, including the decrease of off-campus social space, the lowering of the legal drinking age, the invention of Teflon...